JOHN MORRISSEY

804-***-****

Richmond, VA Email: adzv8w@r.postjobfree.com

ENGINEERING BUSINESS ANALYST

Project & IT Management, Procurement & Supply Chain, Compliance & Risk Analysis

Skills/Synopsis

Senior level in business analysis & analytics, leading project teams and outside companies; procurement, supply chain work in areas of engineering and technology. Degreed engineer and business (B.S.E.E. and J.D.) Point of Contact (POC) on major projects; senior management support.

Work experience with agile and waterfall project management methodologies; scrum certification is in progress.

Brings engineering and business skills on subjects such as:

omanaging construction; industrial construction projects,

osoftware development management,

omanufacturing, mechanical systems, electro-mechanical controls,

otelecommunications, sensors & controls,

oindustrial and commercial site development, utilities and finance;

oregulatory and compliance issues at the local, State and Federal levels (risk management).

Responsible for all aspects of the project over the entire life (initiate, plan, execute, control, close). Duties have extended to business growth & innovation targets as well.

Excellent writing skills, especially in writing on technical and complex engineering and I.T. subject matter in a clear and understandable manner.

Experienced with most writing tools such as the Adobe line of products, Microsoft Suite of programs, SAP, and some scripting languages.

Data analysis, writing reports, making presentations to/from working groups to senior management; budget and cost status. Managing risky suppliers, risk situation; worked in “big data” analysis, coding, sorting for metrics of interest.

IT skills with software-controlled processes; use of management tools such as MS Project, Gnatt charts, SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, Visio, Excel work with big data.

Have dealt with contracts and purchase orders extensively, terms & conditions, with government agencies and industry.

Effective team player, independent leadership with co-workers and with outside customers & suppliers. Sharp written. verbal and presentation skills.

EDUCATION

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.

J.D. Law (business and regulatory), American University, Washington, D.C.

University of Paris at the Sorbonne (Liberal Arts program)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst / Accounts Manager Oct 2022 – present

Practical Concepts Inc., Richmond, Va.

Work is with long-standing client customers on individual problem projects, analyzing business practices such as scheduling; business planning; supply chain procurement issues; contracts; and regulatory compliance (permits, licensing, meeting code specifications for products and systems. Examples: DIY Grid, LLC Toyoko, Japan (power, utilities, technical writing; Altria (Philip Morris) past contracts, and smaller technology companies. Convene regular meetings & reports on status. Current projects are purposely limited to one week maximum duration, in anticipation of a near-term association with a company or government agency.

Project Manager/Business Analyst Feb 2022– Oct 2022

(in Supply Chain & Procurement)

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), Newport News, Virginia

Had full responsibility on certain “high risk” suppliers; analyzed their business methods, processes and procedures; wrote policy manuals and guidelines; worked with I.T. in implementing improvements in programs and business goals.

Conducted weekly meetings with suppliers and NNS buyers on deliveries of products and materials under awarded purchase orders to the various suppliers.

Extensive data analysis, quick production of charts and graphs for performance evaluation and prediction; computer monitoring of schedules and deliveries, studying technical specifications and providing oversight of technical performance standards and meeting specifications. (quality controls).

Headed up on-site visits to supplier locations, meeting with top management and conducting evaluations of assembly line production and overall performance of the supplier.

Handled complex projects, using as some examples, SharePoint, One Note, SAP, Advanced Excel on huge cloud storage data banks with chart & graph conversions; & MS Outlook suite of apps. Oversight in areas of regulatory compliance, applying internal contract terms and conditions and outside regulatory agency rules and regulations to the work in process. (risk management). Chief contact on projects with outside suppliers and other companies.

Prepared reports regularly on product data, schedules and costs; used Excel for big data monitoring and computations with graphical displays presented in power point presentations and written reports.

Applicant held a top level 4 position, on a scale of 1 to 4, as a Project Manager/Business Analyst.

Subject matter of the projects also included construction management and oversight, up to 6-story structures; covering electrical and electro-mechanical systems, manufacturing and controls.

Business Analyst and Chief Technology Officer Aug 2012 – Jul 2019

Patent First Company and Mar 2020 – Feb 2022

Richmond, Virginia 23228

Applicant was with Patent First Company for two periods, from Oct 2012-Jul 2019, and from Mar 2020 to Feb 2022. From Mar 2020 to Feb 2022, applicant continued and expanded the prior work (2006-2019) with companies in Phoenix, Arizona and Washington, DC, and with others in research & development of new innovations primarily in RF communications, cellular networks, telecom system components (repeaters, in-line amplifiers), construction of facilities, utility systems and renewable energy. Applicant’s primary focus has been in the fields of utility, energy, electrical systems and controls. The work has commonly been connected to data networks & storage, and graphical interfaces used with Excel or Advanced Excel (“big data”). The work required a a high level of technical writing and communications (presentations, reports).

Work responsibility was for analyzing and implementing work processes and procedures; responsible for all purchasing activities; business development analysis; worked with State of Virginia agencies such as State Corporation Commission and State Technical Review Board (on constructions) ; also with local county and federal agencies on technology contracts, insurance and regulatory & licensing matters. Have received top level Federal government security clearances.

Responsibility included implementing Internet-related features, such as LAN and WAN networks, cloud storage and apps, and establishing schedules using agile, waterfall modalities. Engaged with stakeholders through written and verbal reports and presentations; always pursuing the company’s success by developing strong teams on projects and good internal and outside company relationships.

A few other examples of the work done at Patent First company:

For DIY-Grid, LLC, a Japan company registered in Virginia in the field of energy conversion, circuit design, audio and digital transmission systems. Designed a system for automatic conversion of grid AC voltage to solar DC voltage for feeding industrial plant lighting systems.

For employee of National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the Washington, D.C. area, prepared a new design for patenting of a system and method for determining composition of materials using a laser beam heating system in a vacuum chamber whereby heat explosion produces beams of different wavelengths that correspond to material identifiers using a spectroscope.

For Qualcomm, San Diego, Calif., circuits used for processing data in integrate microprocessors such as the SnapDragon, using improvement to dual 2.4 GHz processors.

For IBM, new structure of FET transistor to avoid voltage breakdown by increasing, working voltage capability by design of microchip to protect by patenting.

For Liger Medical, LLC (a Utah company), engaged for describing with drawings as to structure and process for using, a Combination Digital Colposcope and Thermal Coagulator (medical device for detection of skin diseases.

For associate at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. a system for Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) used in robotics. Data analytics for machine learning.

For Sanyo (Korea), to obtain ownership of an improved solar cell design for more efficient conversion of light to electricity by layering a metal film on the back surface electrode.

Project Manager Jul 2019 – Mar 2020 (covid)

NAL Research Company, Manassas, Virginia

Project Manager & Business Analyst. Subject matter was in satellite communications, analog and digital devices, RF systems, cellular antennas and components, analysis of communication systems for delivery of services to residential customers.

Manages multiple projects covering engineering, manufacturing, software and IT, personnel; responsible for written and oral reports on status and future projections. Software such as Microsoft Project, Gnatt charts, Visio, Jira, Confluence. Subject matter was in analog and digital communications ground based and using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites.

Applicant was the point of contact at NAL to its largest customer. Conducted regular meetings with NAL’s most significant customer, maintained good communications & relationships, coordinating schedules and product technical requirements. The meetings were held internally and off-site at the customer’s office to discuss status, strategy & project details. Reported regularly on status to all stakeholders.

Chief Tech Officer and Business Analyst Aug 2012 to Jul 2019

Patent First Company, Richmond, Va.

Held position of Program Manager of all work, managing multiple projects concurrently across multiple trades or skill sets. (this work was resumed in March 2020 after covid hit and applicant returned to Richmond). See also description above under Patent First Company for work also conducted in this time period.

Performed engineering and project management work on contracts for construction, planning and review of engineering & architectural drawings, integrating software controls into machinery operations, performing third party analysis of planned projects and system designs. Work was performed both in the field at the customer’s site and in the office.

The following examples of client projects and companies included work involvement with government departments and agencies as needed.

IBM

Qualcomm

Mercedes-Benz

BMW

Higher Education, student or departments, such as Artificial Intelligence uses at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Government employee or facility, such as at the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Other:

Received “Outstanding Employee” award at the company’s annual off-site banquet.

Licensed pilot

FCC radio certified

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